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So you thought these blowhards were at an all time low. Packaged together with the mortgage bailout $$$ is this major waste of our money.
If Bush hasn't done a good enough job of wasting our money ... Harry Reid wants to help him waste more.

The Senate will soon consider legislation with an impressive-sounding name â€” Advancing America's Priorities Act. But the bill being pushed by Democratic leaders includes lots of lawmakers' pet priorities, such as a commission on the "Star-Spangled Banner" and the War of 1812, $1.5 billion for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and $5 million for a museum in Poland.

The legislation lumps nearly 40 separate bills into one and authorizes numerous "earmarks," the targeted spending for projects that Democrats often ridiculed as pork-barrel when they swept into power 18 months ago.
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Here's a page showing where the extra money will be spent ...
Some of it is good ... but the pork is in there for sure.By lumping these bills together Harry Reid is working outsidethe voting system that gives our leaders a chance to voice their opinion. I thought Bush was supposed to be the one who acts outside of government?

All government spending should be cancelled immediately other than that which is Constitutionally called for - defense, interstate highways, etc. All the other stuff can be passed down to the states. Yes, state taxes would go up but the feds would have a huge surplus to pay down the debt and states could only pay for things they really want and need. A museum in Poland ? F*ck you, Harry Reid.

They're all the same. Can you imagine Obama as president with this crew? Bush/GOP redux. We're so screwed.

The Support for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews Act, which authorized a $5 million appropriation as an earmark for a museum in a foreign country.

The Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act ($97 million over five years), including a $24 million earmark for the United Nations, which, according to U.N. auditors, has a 43 percent rate of fraud in its procurement contracts.

Are you against all of them? You don't think that water safety and pollution at beaches needs to be monitored, and that info should be easily accessible? You're against helping poor kids get eye exams? You're against homes for runaway kids? You're against programs to help victims of torture? You're against new tools for prosecuting child pornographers or for investigating unsolved crimes? You're against advancing broadband services?

Are you against all of them? You don't think that water safety and pollution at beaches needs to be monitored, and that info should be easily accessible? You're against helping poor kids get eye exams? You're against homes for runaway kids? You're against programs to help victims of torture? You're against new tools for prosecuting child pornographers or for investigating unsolved crimes? You're against advancing broadband services?